International Master Dr. Danny Kopec, a highly regarded author and player provides you with tangible techniques and tools which will ensure your success as a player and analyst on this DVD. You will gain an understanding on the importance of Pawn Structures and how to play them.

Pawn structures are involved in all aspects of your chess game and are the most important part of strategic planning. Roman will guide you through all the various pawn structures and by understanding pawn structures you will be able to achieve better positions and dominate your chess games.

Roman will take you step by step through several highly instructional games by the master of positional maneuvering, the late former world champion Tigran Petrosian. In order to achieve a higher level in chess it is essential to have maneuvering skills, planning, and the understanding of each position. Roman will teach you the skills you need to master the art of positional maneuvering in closed positions.

This is the first DVD of a two-part DVD set containing a total of approximately 4 hours (combined) of instruction based on Nimzowitch's classic My System which is the foundation for modern day progressive thinking. Roman will help you understand Nimzowitch's ideas and theories while adding 75 years of improvements, updates, and changes. Roman will cover both positional and tactical examples, bringing to life one of the most popular and instructive books ever published.

On this DVD, Roman will demonstrate through several games how to dominate your opponent through piece coordination. You will see how cohesive piece coordination will double or even triple the value of your pieces. This DVD will also show you the quick demise of your position if your pieces are not working together.

ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 54 - Capitalizing on Your Opponent's Weakness Created in the Game

Catalog Code: DVD0054RM

This DVD is part of Roman's Getting the Winning Edge in the Middle Game series. In this volume Roman will help you recognize, exploit and capitalize on your opponents weakness. He will also help you to be able to avoid these mistakes in your own games.

The author reveals his ten secret rules of play of attacking play. These ten lethal weapons are easy to follow golden rules, and a unique insight into attacking strategy. Highly recommended for players of all standards. Soon you will be shocking your opponents in your games with these lethal weapons.

On this DVD, GM Larry Christiansen will demonstrate through a series of examples how to create instant violent attacks in your games. Larry will examine all movements that have effects on the enemy king's positions such as The power of Queen centralizing Power of a Knight on e7, f5 Rook lifting, Traffic Jams Knight forks and attacks on Superior pieces. All Checks & Captures, Interference, Counter attacks & more!

Does your mind go foggy when there is no clear method of attack? Do your games too often consist of a beginning, a muddle and an end? Then this is the video for you. A better understanding of positional chess will immediately improve your game, and bring you greater creative satisfaction.

FOXY OPENINGS - VOLUME 86 - Dynamics of Strategy and How to Create a Plan

Catalog Code: DVD0086FX

All the Basic tactical ideas are discussed fully, followed by a series of very recent illustrative games, where we will see all that ideas in action . On this dvd you will gain confidence in your ability to handle tactics when they crop up over the board and who knows, you may be able to land some tactical knockouts yourself!

This dvd will help your chess game whether you're a novice level player or master. Roman will teach you how to play and win by blockading Pawns right out of the Opening. Blockaded Pawns occur in every openings and by following Roman's easy universal system, you will have a new way to win games.

ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 107 - Strategy of How to Get a Winning Advantage with Bad Pawns

Catalog Code: DVD0107RM

Roman's Lab Volume 107 is the second volume in a new Chess Strategy Series by Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili. In this training DVD Roman gives carefully selected examples of advantages and disadvantages of weak and damaging pawn structures. It is highly instructional material that you will be able to apply to your own games.

On this DVD, Roman explains one of the most important aspects of positional play. Playing with strong outpost and against it. Games of some greatest minds in chess are explained. Roman outlines the basics behind the strategy, and amazingly easy way of learning them. Easy to learn and to use these principles of positional play in your own games.

Highly instructional DVD with lots of positional aspects of the game and the value of it. Sacrificing material for wide variety of strategical compensation. Great material for masting your positional skills.

For intermediate and advanced players. Based on the most common and important pawn structures such as center pawn formations, isolated pawn, hanging pawns (and more), strategical methods will be presented for both camps, and will increase your understanding of those positions dramatically. When studying each theme step by step, you can master all the strategical methods and improve your play.

Attacking chess – not only an important subject, but also a very important one. Jacob Aagaard has chosen a very beautiful example for his introduction, which illustrates important factors required for a successful.

Attacking chess – not only an important subject, but also a very important one. For the second part of his work on the attack, Jacob Aagaard has selected more instructive examples, which he has analysed and presented on camera.

In this fifth Power Play DVD, Daniel King discusses strong and weak pawn structures, isolated pawns and pawn islands, how to create pawn weaknesses, how to cramp a pawn structure, the power of center pawns and much more.

In this 7th Power Play DVD, Daniel King helps you to recognize when a piece is poorly placed and what to do about it. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject.

The best way to improve your game is to train yourself on your computer in solving problems from practical games. If you a beginner but already know how to mate in 1 move, you have to move on and learn how to attack a king and give mate in 2 moves!

Great players always had and still have more than just broad theoretical knowledge. Every of them has some favorite methods, which simply help to score more points. The greatest even have favorite pawn structures!

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